Nng'ibhulo 12
1 Kungai, shilangulo shikulungwa shikubhonekaga kunnungu, jwankongwe awashiywe lyubha na mwei uli pai makongono gakwe, na pa ntwe gwakwe shilemba sha ndondwa likumi limo na ibhili.
And a great wonder was seen in heaven; a woman clothed with the sun, and the moon under her feet, and on her head a coronet of twelve stars.
2 Ashinkukola shitumbo, aliguta kupoteka ushungu gwa kola mwana.
And, being with child, she cried, and travailed, and had the pangs of bringing forth.
3 Shilangulo shina shikubhonekaga kunnungu, lijoka likulungwa lyanashe lya mitwe shabha na mbembe shabha na kila ntwe na shilemba.
And there appeared another wonder in heaven; and lo, a great fiery dragon, which had seven heads and ten horns, and upon his head seven diadems.
4 Na nshila gwakwe nipejila ndondwa lipungu limo lya gatatu ga ndondwa yowe ya kunnungu, nikwiigwiya pa shilambolyo. Na lijoka jula gwajimi mmujo muka jwankongwe aliji tome na kola mwana jula, nkupinga abhelekwaga ammile.
And his tail drew along the third part of the stars of heaven, and cast them on the earth. And the dragon was standing before the woman, who was about to bring forth, so that, when she should bring forth, he might devour her child.
5 Na jwankongwe jula gwakwete mwana jwannume, jwenejo shatagwale ilambo yowe kwa imbo ja shitale. Na mwana jula gwanyakwilwe kupelekwa kwa a Nnungu ku shitengu shakwe sha upalume
And she brought forth a male child, who was to rule all nations with a rod of iron. And her child was caught up to God and to his throne.
6 Jwankongwe jula gwabhutushile kuanga kweneko a Nnungu bhashinkuntendela ndamo, nkupinga kweneko bhammikanje muulinda kwa mobha elupu jimo na mmia pa bhili na makumi shita.
And the woman fled into the wilderness, where she had a place which was prepared for her by God; so that they might nourish her there a thousand and two hundred and sixty days.
7 Bhai jikutandubhaga ngondo kunnungu. Mikaeli na ashimalaika bhakwe gubhakomenenje ngondo naka lijoka jula, najwalakwe lijoka jula na ashimalaika bhakwe gwakomene nabhonji.
And there was war in heaven: Michael and his angels fought against the dragon, and the dragon and his angels fought,
8 Ikabheje lijoka jula na ashimalaika bhakwe gubhalepelenje na kunnungu kula bhangakolanga ndamo kabhili.
and prevailed not; nor was their place found any more in heaven.
9 Bhai, lijoka nkulungwa jula akuleshelwaga palanga. Jwene lijokajo ni lijoka jwa bhukala ashemwa Ibhilishi eu Lishetani lipuganya bhandu pa shilambolyo. Gwaleshelwe mpaka kushilambolyo pamo na ashimalaika bhakwe.
And the great dragon was cast out, the old serpent, who is called the Deceiver, and Satan, who seduceth all the inhabited world: he was cast upon the earth, and his angels were cast out with him.
10 Gumbilikene lilobhe likulungwa kukoposhela kunnungu lilinkuti. “Nnaino uishe ntapulo na mashili na upalume gwa a Nnungu bhetu na ukulungwa gwa a Kilishitu bhabho. Pabha akwaashitakiyanga ashaapwetu kwa a Nnungu jula, aleshelwe pai. Elo aleshelwe pai akwaashitakiyanga shilo na mui.
And I heard a great voice in heaven, which said: Now is there deliverance, and the power and the kingdom of our God, and the dominion of his Messiah: because the Accuser of our brethren is cast out, who accused them day and night before our God.
11 Ashaapwetu bhankombwelenje kwa minyai jika Mwana Ngondolo na kwa lilobhe libhakong'ondelenje, pabha bhangapinganga gumi gwabhonji, mpaka nibha tayali nkali kuwa.
And they overcame him, because of the blood of the Lamb, and because of the word of their testimony: and they loved not their life, even to death.
12 Kwa nneyo mwinonyelanje kunnungu na indu yowe itama kunnungu. Ikabheje, ole pa shilambolyo na mbhaali. Pabha Ibhilishi ashikunnjiilanga ali na nnjimwa ya kaje, pabha amumanyi kuti mobha gakwe galepeshe gashokope.”
Therefore, be joyful, O heaven, and ye that dwell there. Woe to the earth, and to the sea; for the Deceiver hath come down to you, being in great wrath since he knoweth that his time is short.
13 Lijoka jula akabhoneje kuti aleshelwe pai pashilambolyo, gwatandwibhe kunkagulila jwankongwe akwete mwana jwa shileu jula.
And when the dragon saw that he was cast out upon the earth, he persecuted the woman who brought forth the male child.
14 Ikabheje jwankongwe jula gwapegwilwe mapapiko gabhili mbuti ga litumbui jwankulungwa kupinga agulushe kwataliya kummutuka lijoka jula, mpaka ku ndamo jakwe ku anga kweneko abhikwe muulinda gwangali shigwegwe kwa yaka itatu na myei shita.
And to the woman were given the two wings of the great eagle, that she might fly into the wilderness, to her place; where she is nourished a time and times and half a time, from the face of the serpent.
15 Bhai, lijoka jula gwakopweye mashi gamagwinji mbuti lushi lwa mabhutuka, galikunkagula jwankongwe jula nnyuma kupinga gantole.
And the serpent ejected from his mouth waters like a river, after the woman, that he might cause her to be carried away by the flood.
16 Ikabheje ntaka ukunnjangutilaga jwankongwe jula, nikwiunukula mbuti kang'wa nikugamila mashi ga mabhutuka gakopokaga nkang'wa muka lijoka jula.
And the earth helped the woman: and the earth opened its mouth, and drank up the flood which the serpent ejected from his mouth.
17 Bhai, lijoka lila gulintumbalile jwankongwe jula, gulijabhwile likakomane ngondo na bhana bhalepekenje bhabhelekwenje naka jwankongwe jula, yani bhowe bhaakundanga malajilo ga a Nnungu na kwaakong'ondela a Yeshu.
And the dragon was enraged against the woman; and he went to make war upon the residue of her seed, who keep the commandments of God, and have the testimony of Jesus. [ (Revelation of John 12:18) And he stood on the sand of the sea. ]
